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slightly narrowed towards the apex ; its sides bordered by 

 sharp keels, its centre with stout transverse keels. Pro- 

 pleurae strongly punctured at the base ; the apical half 

 strongly longitudinally striated ; the mesopleurae coarsely 

 punctured, except at the apex ; the metapleurae strongly 

 closely obliquely striated all over. Wings uniformly 

 deeply violaceous, except the hinder pair at the base. 

 Legs entirely black, shining, the femora sparsely covered 

 with long, pale hair ; the outer side of the hind tibiae 

 thickly covered with white hair and more sparsely with 

 thick, pale fulvous spines ; on the apex of the posterior tibiae 

 on the inner side is a thick patch of depressed, pale hair, 

 and in front of the calcaria are four stout, pale fulvous 

 spines; the calcaria pale fulvous: the tarsal spines rufous. 

 Abdomen shining, smooth : the petiole black, except 

 at the apex, which is red like the 2nd, 3rd, and the basal 

 three-fourths of the 4th segment. The pygidium coarsely 

 irregularly longitudinally striolated, the striae becoming 

 smaller and less distinct towards the apex ; its sides bear 

 long, pale hairs. The ventral segments are coloured like 

 the dorsal ; the third, fourth, and fifth finely punctured at 

 the base and apex : their middle with some large punctures ; 

 the sixth with the punctures fewer and more scattered. 



POMPILID^. 



POMPILUS ICHNEUMONIFORMIS Cam. 

 This is probably the species described by Bingham 

 {I.e., p. no), S.S Pseudagenia deceptrix Sm. The two in 

 my opinion are not identical, and my type does not 

 agree with Smith's (now in the Oxford Museum). P. 

 deceptrix is from Celebes. 



SPHEGIDtE. 

 Larrada EXTENSA Walker. 

 This species is omitted by Bingham. It is from 

 Ceylon. {Cf. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. v. (i860), p. 305.) 



